A Full Year with the Baby Benz It’s been a year since we got our 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 long-term test car. It’s also been a year since we posted our six-month 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 review. In that review we mentioned a few… let’s call them… foibles with the then newest Baby Benz mixed in among the many high points. Here’s a quick recap of our six-month 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250...

Driverless Audi RS7 Laps the Track at Speed Using a Picture-Perfect Line We already know the $104,900 (base MSRP) Audi RS7 is the biggest beast among all other beastly super-sedans. With its 4.0-liter, 560 horsepower, 516 pound-feet twin-turbocharged V8 powering all four wheels through a Audi’s bullet-proof Quattro AWD system and an eight-speed automatic gearbox, the Audi RS7 Sportback will power from 0 to 60 mph in a scant 3.7...

(UPDATE: The 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR will be the first Land Rover vehicle to wear the new high-performance SVR badge The SVR features a 550hp 5.0-liter supercharged V8 engine capable of accelerating from 0-60 mph in 4.5 seconds with a top speed of 162 mph1 on the track Pricing starting at $110,475) The Range Rover Sport is often seen as the Range Rover people buy when they either can’t afford the big daddy Range Rover or are...

Soooooooo… The 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat… Um, yeah. I’m not entirely sure what else to say about this car other than it’s fast (very, very, very fast) and powerful (very, very, very powerful). After its flabbergasting power, everything else seems trivial. We first wrote about the Challenger SRT Hellcat in May, mentioning Dodge’s claim of over 600 horse for this latest of Detroit muscle cars and...

Not too long ago, I was at the Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance, and I was up close and personal with something I never thought I would be fortunate enough to see in person… the Harley Earl Corvette. To be honest, before that day in Boca, I never really knew the details of Harley J. Earl’s one-of-a-kind 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible (aka Shop Order 10323). That is to say… I knew it existed, but...

In August 2012, we told you about the Norfolk, England-based Trident Sports Cars and their Trident Iceni diesel supercar. In that particular post, I extolled the virtues of its rather powerful 6.6-liter turbo-diesel and six-speed automatic gearbox. And, now, the Trident Iceni is officially ready to launch, and it’s coming to the U.S. Trident claims the Iceni is the “the world’s fastest and most fuel...

People are calling the 2015 Jeep Renegade a baby SUV or a Cute Ute. I myself just called it the Baby Jeep two seconds ago in this post’s headline. But, truth be told, the 2015 Jeep Renegade is a (semi-) serious, off-road SUV that is fully worthy of carrying the Jeep badge atop those seven vertical grill slats. The 2015 Jeep Renegade broke cover at the Geneva Motor Show last month, but it has since made its US debut at...

It’s officially TickTickVroom’s Second Anniversary. I can’t believe we’ve turned 2! I honor of our terrible twos, we thought we’d create the annual TickTickVroom Awards consisting of the TickTickVroom Car of the Year and TickTickVroom Watch of the Year. Just to explain our process… Our anniversary falls on April 13. So any car and any watch that comes to market between April 13ths is...

Well, it’s been about six months and 10,221 miles since we took delivery of our 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 long-term test car. We took a vow when we leased the car to keep it for better and for worse, and let this six-month long-term review serve as an account of both the better and the worse. Our 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 But, first a reminder on what it is we’re testing, exactly. In October 2013, we leased a 2014...

Maranello’s turbo-charged Ferrari California T may very well be the belle of the 2014 Geneva Motor Show ball. Announced in February and just unveiled in Geneva, the Ferrari California T is one awesome droptop. Ever since the Ferrari California first hit the streets in 2008, I’ve had the opinion that the 2+2 grand tourer is a bit half-assed. The 3,600 pound, 454 horse California was fairly powerful and had decent...